Andrea Igoren Guaricci, Francesca Sturdà, Roberto Russo, Paolo Basile, Andrea Baggiano, Saima Mushtaq, Laura Fusini, Fabio Fazzari, Fulvio Bertandino, Francesco Monitillo, Maria Cristina Carella, Marco Simonini, Gianluca Pontone, Marco Matteo Ciccone, Giuseppe Grandaliano, Giuseppe Vezzoli, Francesco Pesce
Heart failure (HF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are two pathological conditions with a high prevalence in the general population. When they coexist in the same patient, a strict interplay between them is observed, such that patients affected require a clinical multidisciplinary and personalized management. The diagnosis of HF and CKD relies on signs and symptoms of the patient but several additional tools, such as blood-based biomarkers and imaging techniques, are needed to clarify and discriminate the main characteristics of these diseases...
September 20, 2023: Heart Failure Reviews